Sunday, July 22, 2012

Battle Log: 1,932

This is the longest
I've ever gone without communicating to our Command Base.

I was out in the field with some of my troops, but they were attacked and
overtaken by the Apathy. I thought I could withstand. I thought I needed to be
more concerned with Distraction, but it seems that I've been almost
incapacitated by Apathy. It's been dripping in my wake. I discovered my
quarters are covered with the fungus, and I've been breathing it in and out for
almost a month now. All of my previous work is tainted with the haziness of
unclear convictions.

I'm ashamed to say,
but I hardly noticed how much time had passed since I had last communicated. I
assessed my troops this morning and found that four of my brightest soldiers
are completely paralyzed by the disease. I know I cannot revive them without first
sterilizing the bacteria within myself. It's a painful decontamination process
as the layers of my skin have to be burned off, but I'm anxious to feel the
release of weight as the fungus is burned away along with the contaminated
skin.

With the Apathy
identified and addressed, communications with Command will resume their normal
pace, and perhaps even accelerate as I look for ways to cure and keep my
soldiers healthy. I can only perform the decontamination on myself, and I need
help from the higher authorities to find solutions that can save those under my
supervision. Apathy has been a nasty enemy, and I'm sure the battle is far from
over. However, I'm happy to have the current culprit identified so that I can
adapt my battle strategies accordingly.